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registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many transfers of prisoners to hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 there have been in each of the last three years; and what the average time was for such transfers to take place in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	155780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The total number of prisoners who have been transferred to hospital under sections 47 or 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last three years is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>936</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The data are published annually on the gov.uk website under the Offender Management Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The average time for such transfers to take place in each of those years has remained the same: 14 days.</p><p> </p><p>The time has been measured from the date at which the Ministry of Justice is provided with a complete application for a transfer warrant - indicating transfer is appropriate - to the actual date of admission to hospital. The Ministry of Justice has a target of 24 hours within which to provide a transfer warrant, once the assessments are complete and the two required medical reports and all other relevant information is received. This target is met in 95% of cases.</p><p> </p><p>This average time information is not published. The measure has been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>We take the mental health of prisoners extremely seriously, which is why we have increased the support available to vulnerable offenders - especially during the first 24 hours in custody - and invested more in mental health awareness training for prison officers.</p><p> </p><p>But we recognise that more can be done and continue to work in partnership with HMPPS, NHS England and Public Health England to improve mental health services for offenders at all points of the criminal justice system.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/06/2018 14:25:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

903927

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the efficient and timely transfer of prisoners to hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983; and how many prisoners have waited for more than 14 days for such a transfer in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	143749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>NHS England is working with partners across the criminal justice system to improve services for offenders with mental ill health and have developed a comprehensive 10 point plan which clearly sets out the work underway to improve the pathway to and from prison to appropriate in-patient mental health care services. This will set out actions to improve the timely transfer and remission of patients, including how this will be implemented and sustained.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how many prisoners have waited for more than 14 days for a transfer to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last three years is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Information is collected on the number of transfers, not the number of individual prisoners who are transferred. An individual prisoner may undergo more than one transfer in any given time period.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 17/05/2018 10:26:06 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

900458

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Departments plans to review the support provided for prisoners who have a mental health diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	142510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Health services in public prisons in England, including mental health support, are commissioned and reviewed by NHS England, whereas health is devolved in Wales to the Welsh Government. However, as signatories to the National Partnership Agreement for Prison Healthcare 2018-2021, the Department works closely with health partners to support the delivery of healthcare by ensuring prisoners are able to access these services.</p><p> </p><p>We regularly review our work in this critical area to ensure it is delivering the best outcomes for some of our most vulnerable prisoners.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 14/05/2018 16:38:49 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

872698

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve conditions for prisoners with mental health problems in prisons in England.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	134512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>We continue to work closely with our health partners to support the commissioning and delivery of high quality health services in all prisons, including for prisoners with mental health problems. Prison governors will work with NHS England commissioners to support improvements driven by the new NHS England mental health service specification for prisons.</p><p>My Department has also taken expert advice from clinicians, commissioners and social care experts on the design of new prisons to ensure that we create the right environment for treatment and care.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/04/2018 14:58:12 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth